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Sarah Heilshorn

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Sarah Heilshorn

Director, Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM), Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Knight Initiative Funded Researchers, Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Affiliates


Heilshorn's interests include biomaterials in regenerative medicine, engineered proteins with novel assembly properties, microfluidics and photolithography of proteins, and synthesis of materials to influence stem cell differentiation. Current projects include tissue engineering for spinal cord and blood vessel regeneration, designing injectable materials for use in stem cell therapies, and the design of microfluidic devices to study the directed migration of cells (i.e., chemotaxis).